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Two New CRADAs

Cooling Boiling in Head Region – PACCARIntegrated Underhood Thermal and External Aerodynamics– Cummins

Jules RoutbortArgonne National Laboratory

Vehicle Technologies – Annual Review – June 7–11, 2010

Projects I.D. # VSS004

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Coolant Boiling in the Head Regionof Heavy Duty Truck Engines─CRADA PACCAR

New Project (April 2010)P.I. Wenhua Yu/Jules Routbort

Co-workers: David France and R.K. SmithArgonne National Laboratory

June 8, 2010

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Project I.D. # VSS004


Start - April 2010 Finish - April 2013 6% Complete

Barriers addressed– Constant advances in technology– Computation models, design and simulation

methodologies– Vehicle efficiency beyond engine alone– Lower component volumes and weights– Reduce parasitic energy losses– Reduce cooling system size– Increase engine thermal efficiency

Targets– Reduce essential auxiliary loads by 50 % by 2012– Improve heavy truck engine thermal efficiency

to 50% by2015 and to 55% by 2018

• Total project funding– DOE share (300K to date)– Contractor share (100K in kind)

• Funding for FY10 (received April 2010)– $300K

Timeline

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Barriers

• PACCAR (CRADA)Partners

Overview

Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Systems Division

Objectives / Relevance Overall Objective

– Understand and quantify engine coolant boiling heat transfer in heavy duty trucks for• Increased cooling system efficiency with reduced size cooling systems• Increased engine thermal efficiency through optimized thermal control

Specific programmatic objectives– Experimentally determine boiling heat transfer rates and limits in the head region of heavy

duty truck engines– Develop predictive mathematical models for boiling heat transfer results– Provide measurements and models for development/validation of heavy duty truck engine

computer codes

Relevance to VT Program– Reduce parasitic energy losses

• Reduce size, weight and pumping power of coolant system

– Increase engine thermal efficiency• Optimize engine cooling• Improve engine temperature gradients

– Overcome barriers• Technology advances in coolant boiling• Computational model improvement for heavy vehicle engine analysis


Milestones

Status– Experimental system design , completed April 2010– Procurement of materials, components, instruments, &

sensors, started April 2010

FY 2010 Milestones– Complete procurement of experimental facility components,

June 2010– Complete experimental facility fabrication, September 2010– Complete data acquisition system hardware and software,

September 2010– Initiate facility preliminary operation and checkout,

September 2010


Experimental Approach New experimental facility based on ANL experience with boiling of 50/50 mixtures

– Simulation of cylinder head in 500 hp diesel engine– Geometry, flow and energy simulation– Boiling of 50/50 mixture of ethylene glycol and water

Unique experimental technique developed at ANL from previous 50/50 boiling tests New application to very high heat flux boiling conditions in cylinder head


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Technical Accomplishments – Prior Program

Completed program on boiling of ethylene glycol/water mixtures under different conditions and geometry than the present case

Obtained, interpreted and correlated experimental data 50/50, 60/40, 40/60 mixtures Mass flux = 40-170 kg/m2s


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Technical Accomplishments – Program Start

Completed CRADA agreement with PACCAR– Agreed upon geometry, flowrates, materials & complimentary effort

Completed design of new experimental test facility and support systems– Designed unique new test facility for ethylene glycol/water boiling– Designed test section to simulate the head region of heavy duty truck

engines– Designed instrumentation and heating for test section– Initiated adaptation of unique data acquisition/reduction software for facility

Completed procurement of materials and components for facility

Initiated fabrication of experimental test facility


Collaboration with Other Institutions

Partner– PACCAR, Inc.– CRADA in place for joint program

Experimental work to be performed by ANL at ANL

Computer code optimization/validation – PACCAR

Interpretation and evaluation of results – combined effort


Proposed Future Work

FY 2010– Complete fabrication of new experimental facility

• Closed loop system• Instrumentation• Data acquisition

– Initiate check out of facility• Perform heat loss experiments• Perform control experiments with single-phase flow• Perform preliminary flow boiling tests• Interact with PACCAR on initial data

FY 2011– Complete facility check out– Initiate flow boiling experiments

• Interact with PACCAR on data

– Provide PACCAR data for computer development/validation• Interact with PACCAR on results, modifications, conclusions


Summary

Combined innovative program under CRADA with PACCAR– Heavy duty truck diesel engine simulation

Utilize/optimize coolant boiling to– Reduce coolant system size and power consumption

• Reduce parasitic energy use

– Improve control of engine temperatures• Provide potential for increased engine thermal efficiency

Rely on results and techniques from previous ANL tests– Boiling of engine coolants under different conditions than in this program– Accurate data reduction technique for boiling of binary mixtures– Knowledge gained of results and trends associated with 50/50 mixture boiling

Combined experimental and computer code effort with PACCAR


Integrated Underhood Thermal and External Aero–dynamics for Heavy Vehicles – CRADA with Cummins

NEW Project (Start July 2010) Tanju Sofu – PI

Nuclear Engineering Division


Project IDVSS004

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ANL-Cummins CRADA

Background:– Engine makers work closely with OEM's for installation issues as well as

cooling system optimizations– ANL’s novel predictive analytical capability helps redesign of an

underhood configuration to meet emissions reduction targets while keeping the energy efficiency considerations in perspective

– Initial development through a CRADA with Caterpillar for off-road vehicles (2002-2005)

– Modeling extensions (cooling system and EGR) through a CRADA with Cummins for class-8 heavy-duty vehicles (2006-2009)

Scope of new ANL-Cummins CRADA with proposed participation of FedEx– Integrated external aerodynamic and underhood thermal analysis for

heavy vehicles– CRADA package is expected to be submitted for approval by July 2010


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Accomplishments and Progress

Most recent effort focused on the thermo-fluid system modeling of Cummins ISX engine in a “generic” truck configuration

Tests at Cummins Vehicle Integration Laboratory completed in 2007– Tests covered 1200-1700 rpm engine speeds with varying wind, fan, and

pump speeds, and coolant flow rates– ANL staff participated in both planning and execution of the tests

ANL completed the analysis of tested configurations and performed the comparisons with experimental data in 2009

– CAD model of the “generic truck” used is prepared by ANL staff to avoid concerns for proprietary data

– Results indicate that the temperatures and distributed heat rejection rates can be estimated within reasonable accuracy

Cummins has adopted the heavy vehicle underhood thermal assessment practices developed as part of this CRADA

– Training of their R&D center staff at Cummins Research and Technology India (CRTI) took place in May 2008 in Pune, India


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Objectives of new ANL-Cummins CRADA

Optimal design of vehicle thermal system is important to achieve fuel efficiencies through radiator size reduction– A comprehensive analytical capability is needed to make drag

reduction assessments for different underhood design options

An integrated underhood thermal and external aerodynamics analysis capability is proposed– For redesign of underhood configuration while keeping aerodynamic

considerations in perspective to meet energy efficiency targets

Modeling approach will be based on combined use of commercial 1-D network flow and 3-D CFD models– Flowmaster for cooling system and engine modeling to account for

thermal energy balance and heat distribution inside the engine through 1-D network of flow loops

– Fluent for underhood and external air flow to address multi-dimensional flow, heat transfer and aero-drag assessments


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ANL Experience with Heavy Vehicle Aerodynamics

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ANL predicted drag coefficient for the Generic Conventional Truck-Trailer Model (GCM) at zero yaw within 1% of value measured by NASA

– Using an approximately 8 million cell model requiring ~200 CPU hours (can be completed in ~8 hours using 4 dual quad core nodes)

Predictions are within 1-3% at low yaw angles and 5-7% at nominal yaw angles for models of similar size


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Collaboration Opportunities with FedEx

Take advantage of extensive Argonne experience with applying commercial tools for prediction of aerodynamic characteristics of tractor-trailer geometries– Analyze prototypical FedEx configuration with two-trailers and shorter

tractor with day-cab– Compare the results for FedEx configuration with a standard truck

design using single trailer and longer tractor with sleeper-cab

Based on the findings from comparisons, propose practical ideas to reduce aerodynamic drag– Ideas could include closing tractor-trailer and/and trailer-trailer gap,

side-extender, bottail and underbody devices, curtains, and different roof-fairing designs for shorter day cab

Complete the analysis of ideas to evaluate their fuel-savings potential and compare the results with the fuel consumption data collected by FedEx from controlled road tests


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Summary

Novel modeling technique developed at ANL for underhood thermal analysis will be extended to include assessments for external aerodynamics – It will enable improvements in fuel economy through significant

reductions in parasitic losses resulting from thermal design and aerodynamic drag

Argonne’s role is to identify near-term opportunities for incorporation of high-fidelity numerical simulations into design cycle by demonstrating the potential of integrated underhood-thermal and external-aerodynamics simulations– Provide independent assessment, and guidance for use, of current

generation commercial tools for underhood thermal analysis and aerodynamic simulations

– Evaluate effects of tractor and trailer design changes, and application of add-on devices, on aerodynamic performance

Two New CRADAs��Cooling Boiling in Head Region – PACCAR�Integrated Underhood Thermal and External Aerodynamics– CumminsCoolant Boiling in the Head Region�of Heavy Duty Truck Engines─CRADA PACCAR�New Project (April 2010)Slide Number 3Objectives / RelevanceMilestonesExperimental ApproachTechnical Accomplishments – Prior ProgramTechnical Accomplishments – Program StartCollaboration with Other InstitutionsProposed Future Work�SummaryIntegrated Underhood Thermal and External Aero–dynamics for Heavy Vehicles – CRADA with Cummins�NEW Project (Start July 2010) ANL-Cummins CRADAAccomplishments and ProgressSlide Number 15Objectives of new ANL-Cummins CRADAANL Experience with Heavy Vehicle AerodynamicsCollaboration Opportunities with FedExSummarySlide Number 20

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